As Putin approaches his 70th birthday, he is being watched by a brigade of doctors, including Yevgeny Selivanov, an oncology surgeon who specializes in thyroid cancer, according to Proyekt, a Russian investigative journalism team. Over a four-year period, Selivanov reportedly visited the Russian leader for a total of 166 days, while Putin was in Sochi. Putin, a black-belt judoka enjoying an adventure vacation in northern Siberia, is said to have turned to alternative medicine, practicing a blood-bathing practice extracted from severed deer antlers. The Russian president is regularly monitored by a team of doctors, including Yevgeny Selivanov, an oncologist surgeon. GETTY IMAGES Proyekt reveals details of Putin’s alleged medical treatment in public
